WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: * * * Support for Prevention and Treatment Needed * * * New population data from 2022 show 22 states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%, compared to 19 states in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Just ten years ago, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. The 202  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * American Rescue Plan Act funds continued efforts to modernize IT infrastructure * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $204 million in grants to support strengthening and modernizing unemployment insurance systems in 18 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the grants wil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced sugar loan rates for crop year 2023 (fiscal year 2024). Marketing Assistance Loan Rates USDA offers commodity loans to processors of sugar beets and domestically grown sugarcane to provide interim financing to producers so that sugar can be stored after harvest when   more